The FINA-2012 covers novel theories, designs, and applications of information systems and network applications in advanced distributed system environments. Networks of today are going through a rapid evolution and are giving a great influence to our society. In addition, computing models are changing to new architecture like Cloud computing systems, Grid computing systems, and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) computing models. For this reason, it is significant to discuss how to design and realize high-performance computation models and network applications for distributed systems. The FINA-2012 International Symposium seeks original contributions in all relevant areas, including but not limited to the following topics. Papers of high quality in the following areas will be invited: TOPICS: Communication Protocol and Architecture Wireless Communication and Network Personal Communication System Low-power Network and System Embedded System and Networking Network Control and Management Internet Technology & IP-based Applications Security, Privacy and Trust Multi-agent System and Applications Distributed Database and Data Mining Distributed AI and Soft/Natural Computing E-Learning, E-Commerce, E-Society, etc. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) System Autonomic Computing and Communication Mobile and Context-aware Computing Ubiquitous Intelligence and Smart World Innovative Networking and Applications Digital Ecosystems High-speed Communication and Network Multimedia Communication and System Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Network Wearable Network and System Quality of Services (QoS) Network Performance Analysis and Evaluation Multicast Routing and Technology Fault-tolerant and Dependable System Parallel/Distributed Algorithm and Architecture Distributed Graphics and VR/AR/MR System Biological Informatics and Computing Grid, Cluster and Internet Computing Service-oriented Framework and Middleware WWW, Semantic Web and Cyber World Ubiquitous/Pervasive Networks and Computing Smart Object, Space/Environment & System Social/Ethical & Other Issues of Networked World Cloud Computing IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline : By invitation only Author Notification : December 1, 2011 Author Registration : December 23, 2011 Final Manuscript Due : January 6, 2012 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Invited authors should submit original research in up to 6 pages (including all tables, figures and references) ensuring that they are formatted in accordance with IEEE Computer Society's guidelines. Please visit http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting for detailed paper formatting instructions. Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital library after the conference. Please do follow the announcement on the AINA 2012 website. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Symposium Chair: Tomoya Enokido, Risho University, Japan Steering Committee: Markus Aleksy, ABB AG, Germany Leonard Barolli, Fukuoka Institute of Technology Hui-Huang Hsu, Tamkang University, Taiwan Takuo Nakashima, Tokai University, Japan Jong Hyuk Park, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Korea Wenny Rahayu, La Trobe University, Australia Makoto Takizawa, Seikei University, Japan David Taniar, Monash University, Australia Minoru Uehara, Toyo University, Japan Fatos Xhafa, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Sang-Soo Yeo, Mokwon University, Korea